Big Iron

To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day

Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say

No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip

For the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip

Big iron on his hip

It was early in the morning when he rode into the town

He came riding from the South side slowly lookin' all around

He's an outlaw loose and runnin' came the whisper from each lip

And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip

Big iron on his hip

In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red

Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead

He was vicious and a killer though a youth of twenty four

And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more

One and nineteen more

Now the stranger started talkin', made it plain to folks around

He was an Arizona ranger wouldn't be too long in town

He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead

And he said it didn't matter, he was after Texas Red

After Texas Red

The morning passed so quickly it was time for them to meet

It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street

Folks were watching from their windows, everybody held their breath

They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death

Was about to meet his death

There was forty feet between them

When they stopped to make their play

And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today

Texas Red had not cleared leather when bullet fairly ripped

And the ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip

The big iron on his hip

Big iron, big iron

And he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip

The big iron on his hip